Skirting for reflectors.



o. A. MYGATT. SKIRTlNGfFOR REFLEGTORS. APPLICATION .FILED MAY 28, 1907,

www @Qiof un integral piece of p risin glass, the upper 'the portion B is composed oi e light shadingr cris A. MYGATT, or New YORK, N. Y.

SKIRTING FOR Specification of Letters -Ilatent REFLECTOES.

Patented Nev. ieee.,

Applicaties met may es, reo?. smal no. 376,155.

To all whom t may concem:

Be it known that l, Oris A. Mroi'rr, e citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the Stute of New York, have invented new v:induseful improvements in Skil-tinge for Reflectors, of which the -following is a specification.

Mypresent invention is for nniking reflectors of an integral `piece of glass of which the upper part, or the body part beneath the collar portion, shall be composed of u specular refiecting medium reflecting inost of the light out of the open mouth of the re` hector, and the lower or flared mouth part composed ot' soineinterceptive light-ditlusingl or shadingl medium.

Refiectors utpresent in connnon use :i re so nmde that when in .use with an artificial light inside, the side rays from the llight, or the downward side-rays, reach the eye direct, causing discomfort to the eyesight. ln order to overcome this drawback, it-hns frequently been common to cover reflectors with hanging fringe either of silk or of bead glass to protect the eyesight from the direct rays of the light contained within the reflector.

The present invention is intended to embody in e one-piece glass article the reflecting qualities of a specular reflector, und the' light shading or light softening qualities of the protecting fringe used for such u pur# pose.

Figure 1 illustrates one orin 4of iny rcflector in which the portion A is composed of a specular light reflecting medium, and

orV light difusing medium. The portion A reflects the upward rays of the light in downward directions out of the open Inouth of lthe reflector'. The portion B protects the eye from the direct rays of light, heine` composed of some light shadingr or light diffusing medium. Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 illustrate different forms embodying thesaine iden.

Asv a rule I prefer to make iny reflectors reflecting' body portion A being covered with light reflecting prisms calculated toA reflect the light back and out of the open month. The portion B nnly be made' in diffe-rent ways:v for example (l) the interior or eX- terior, or both, covered with light diffusing prisms; (2) the skirt portion B may have light diffusing' prisms on one side, with the `other side either frosted or covered with any translucent but not transparent light diffusing medium, colored or otherwise; (3) the skirt portion B maybe simply made of ground glass by sand blasting or covered with n translucent light diffusing inediinn` f colored or otherwise; (il) the skirt portion B muy be covered with e. substance entirely opaque to light, thereby completely shading the eyesight from the direct ruys of the light within the reflector'. 'In all cases the parts 'A and B are integrally formed.

l claim:

l. An integral reflector or shade having un open mouth, und provided with reflecting means, and hevinpr s wide-mouthed xskirt portion composed of n translucent lightdiffusing or shading` inediuln.

2. An integral shade reflector of glass, the

upper portion of' which is provided with a specular reflecting medium, the lower portion being formed into u skirt with substantially vertical wells, the skirt being coinposed ot' a translucent inediuni.

3. An openeniouth reflector-shade having u portion refiective of lightand, integrallyl therewith, e substantially vertical portion inierceptive of some of the reflected light rays.

4. A nlass open-mouth reflector-shade having prisms thereon reflective of light und n substantially vertical portion integral therewith interceptive of some of the light rays.

GTIS A. MYGAT' Witnesses i B. MCC. GREENE, J. Pons/iin). 

